White House counselor Kellyanne Conway encouraged Alabama voters to cast their ballots for Roy Moore, the US Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.

Conway argued that a vote against Moore would be a vote against the Republican agenda, including proposed tax cuts.

The exchange with the conservative hosts on “Fox & Friends,” who have suggested they believe Moore is unfit for office, was unusually tense.

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway indirectly endorsed Roy Moore, the US Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct with teenage girls when he was in his 30s, during a tense interview on the conservative morning show “Fox & Friends” on Monday.

During a conversation about the Republicans’ tax reform plan, Conway pivoted to Alabama’s December special election, telling viewers that Doug Jones, the Democrat running against Moore, “will be a vote against tax cuts” and that he is “weak on crime” and immigration and “terrible for property owners.”

“Doug Jones is a doctrinaire liberal,” Conway said, adding that “the media wants to boost him” because of his progressive political orientation.

To that, co-host Brian Kilmeade asked, “So, vote Roy Moore?”

Conway didn’t respond directly, instead arguing that a vote for Jones would be a vote against the tax reform plan.

“I’m telling you that we want the votes in the Senate to get this tax bill through,” she said.

Conway then turned again to her critique of the media, suggesting that the press, which she equated with Democrats, aren’t actually concerned about the allegations against Moore because, she argued, the media hasn’t called on Sen. Al Franken, who was recently accused of sexual misconduct, to resign.

She added that Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, returned to the Senate last week after avoiding corruption charges in a mistrial.

“Whatever the facts end up being, the premises, of course, the principle, the incontrovertible principle, is that there is no Senate seat worth more than a child,” she said. “And we all want to put that forward.”